Italian words first recorded in the 13th century

It is the past participle of interessare (“to interest; to concern”), used as an adjective and a noun. The verb was formed on interesse, a learned word from Medieval Latin interesse, a legal term…

It is the past participle of invitare, used as an adjective and a noun: from Italian invitare + -ato. The verb is a learned word, Latin invītō (“to entertain, receive; to invite”). DELI and…

It is the past participle of maledire (“to curse”), used as an adjective and a noun, and continues inherited from Latin maledictus (“cursed”), the participle of maledīcō (“to speak ill of; to…

It is from Italian manco (“defective, lacking”) + -are. Wiktionary also allows that it may continue Vulgar Latin *mancāre, and Latin did have a rare verb mancō formed from the adjective. The…

It is borrowed from Latin minister (“servant, attendant”), a learned word. The Latin noun is formed from minus (“less”) with the suffix -ter, which marked a contrast between two, and it forms a pair…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin missiō (“sending, dispatch; discharge”), from missus (“sent”), the past participle of mittō (“to send”). The Latin noun is formed from the verb with the…

It is the feminine of mosso, the past participle of muovere, used as a noun of action.

It is most probably inherited from Latin mūtŭlus (“projecting stone, modillion”), as DELI, Nocentini and most dictionaries hold, following an explanation of Meyer-Lübke that is still generally…

It is a compound from Italian non + ostante, the phrase written as one word; the second part is the present participle of ostare (“to stand in the way”), used in an absolute construction, “there…

It is borrowed from Spanish norte and French nord, which go back to Old English norþ. Migliorini held that the names of the cardinal points came into Italian through Spanish, so that the Hispanising…

It is the past participle of ordinare (“to put in order”), used as an adjective. The verb continues Latin ōrdinō (“to arrange, to put in order”), a derivative of ōrdō (“row, order”), and Latin…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Late Latin orīginālis, from orīgō (“origin”) with the suffix -ālis. DEI notes that Medieval Latin documents already have originalis at Nonantola in 989 and at…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin obvius (“in the way, meeting; easy, ordinary”). The adjective was drawn from obviam (“towards, to meet”), the phrase ob (“towards, against”) viam (“the…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin pāgina (“column of writing, page”). The Latin word was first a farming term: Pliny uses it for a section of vineyard, the rectangle formed by a crosspiece…

The adjective is the past participle of permettere, from Latin permittō (“to let go; to allow”). The noun is explained in two ways. Nocentini takes it as borrowed from Latin permissus…

It is from Italian per + sino, the phrase “per sino” written as one word, with “per” strengthening the preposition. “Sino” “up to, until” is itself fino with the ⟨s⟩ of sì, or of an old “si” for…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin praeferō (“to carry in front; to prefer”), moved into the Italian conjugation in ⟨-ire⟩ (⟨preferisco⟩). The Latin verb is formed from prae- (“before”) and…

It is from Italian probabile + -mente, the adjective “probable” with the adverb suffix. The adjective is a learned word, from Latin probābilis (“worthy of approval; plausible”), from probō (“to…

It is borrowed from Late Latin proprietārius (“owner”), a learned word formed from Latin proprietās (“property, ownership”) with the suffix -ārius. In Roman law the word named the owner of a thing…

It is inherited from Late Latin rabia (“rabies; fury”), recorded in imperial times (Servius) in place of classical Latin rabiēs (“madness; rabies”). The same word is French rage, the source of…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin retrō (“backwards, behind”). Wiktionary treats it as inherited instead. The Latin adverb is formed from the prefix re- (“back”) and the adverbial suffix…

1. The verb meaning “to put down again” is from Italian ri- + posare, with the prefix of repetition. 2. The verb meaning “to rest” is inherited from Late Latin repausāre, recorded from the 5th…

Most dictionaries derive it from an unrecorded inherited from Vulgar Latin *excaptāre (“to try to seize”), formed from ex- and Latin captō (“to try to catch”), itself a derivative of capiō (“to…

It is borrowed from Late Latin scientificus (“producing knowledge”), a learned word first used by Boethius. GRADIT gives the immediate source as Medieval Latin. The Latin adjective is formed from…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin singulus (“single, one at a time”), a Latin adjective used mostly in the plural as the distributive of ūnus (“one”). The derivatives singolare and…

It is inherited from Latin sublevō (“to lift up; to relieve”), made of sub- (“under, from below”) and levō (“to lift”). Meyer-Lübke records the verb only in Italian and in Menorcan sobllevar “to…

It is formed from Italian s- + piaggia, with an intensive prefix. GDLI takes the prefix from the Latin ex-. DELI mentions a less persuasive proposal by Pisani. The base, meaning “slope”, comes from…

It is inherited from Latin spŭrcus (“impure, filthy”). The open /ɔ/, where Latin short /u/ should give a close /o/, is due to the influence of porco (“pig”). DELI quotes Rohlfs on this, and Treccani…

It is borrowed from Latin suppōnere (“to put under; to substitute”), a compound of sub (“under”) and pōnō (“to put, place”). The infinitive was refashioned on the native porre, as Devoto notes…

It is formed from svegliare (“to wake”) with no suffix, a deverbal noun. The verb continues Vulgar Latin *exvigilāre, a variant of classical ēvigilō (“to wake up”), from vigilō (“to keep watch”)…

1. The weight is a learned word, borrowed from Latin talentum (“a talent, a weight; a sum of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton). The Greek word meant “balance, the scale of a balance”…

The pronoun is inherited from Latin tibi (“to you”), the dative of Latin tū (“you”), according to DELI and Nocentini. In Tuscany the dative form took over the work of the accusative tē in unstressed…

It is inherited from Late Latin tumba, a late word (4th century, Prudentius) that Christian writers took from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “burial mound”). The Greek word is old, used since Homer…

It is a deverbal noun from tracciare “to trace, mark out”. The verb continues Vulgar Latin *tractiāre (“to drag”), formed on Latin tractus, the past participle of trahō (“to draw, drag”), which also…

It is borrowed from Latin trādere (“to hand over, deliver”), moved into the conjugation in ⟨-ire⟩, as in other Romance languages. Nocentini counts it as a borrowing from Latin, Prati says it came in…

It is from Italian tra’ (“draw (imperative)”) + ne (“of it”): the second person singular imperative of the verb, followed by the enclitic particle, so literally “take (it) out of it, leave it out”…

It is a learned borrowed from Latin tribūnal (“raised platform for magistrates”), originally the place where the tribunes sat. The Latin noun is the neuter of a supposed adjective *tribūnālis (“of…

It is borrowed from Latin unitas (“oneness, unity”), from unus (“one”) with the suffix -tās. The GDLI calls it a learned word, and Körting notes that it is learned in every Romance language: Old…

It is from Italian veloce (“fast”) + -mente. The adjective veloce is a learned borrowing of Latin vēlōx (“swift, quick”), recorded in Dante. Nocentini derives the Latin word from a form *weg-slo-…

It is inherited from Latin vindicta (“claim; liberation; vengeance; punishment”), a derivative of vindicō (“to lay claim to; to avenge”), from vindex (“defender, champion; avenger”). The Latin noun…

It is formed from Italian venire (“to come”) + -uta, as the feminine past participle used as a noun. The verb continues Latin veniō (“to come”).

It is inherited from Latin vērus (“true, real”); the noun use continues the Latin neuter used as a noun, vērum (“the truth”). The word is panromance: Old French voir (modern French vrai is a…

1. The noun is a learned word, borrowed from Latin versus (“a turning; furrow; line; verse”), an action noun from vertō (“to turn”). In the language of the countryside the Latin word meant the turn…

The noun is inherited from Latin vestītus (“clothing, dress”), the action noun of vestiō (“to clothe”). It is found also in Friulian vistit, Occitan vestit, Catalan vestit, Spanish vestido and…

The noun is the past participle of vedere used as a noun, “seen (and approved)”. The participle is inherited from Vulgar Latin *vīsitus, which replaced classical Latin vīsus (“seen”) on the model of…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin victōria (“victory”), formed from victor (“winner, conqueror”), itself from the past participle of vincō (“to conquer”). The Latin noun was in origin the…

It is a deverbal noun of volare (“to fly”), formed in Italian. The verb continues Latin volō (“to fly”), and GRADIT sets up a noun Latin *volus behind “volo”. French vol, which means both “flight”…

DELI and Nocentini treat it as a learned word, borrowed from Latin vultus (“expression; face”), also spelled voltus. Meyer-Lübke lists it among the outcomes of the Latin word, beside Old French vout…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *vōtāre (“to offer in a vow, to consecrate”), a verb formed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), the past participle of voveō (“to vow, to promise”). Nocentini counts it among…